Hey everybody! So this story is based after Fishman Island but before Punk Hazard, and it'll be 3rd person mostly in Sanji's POV. Please let me know if you see any OOCness or other mistakes I need to fix, thank you. :)

Warning: some cursing

Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece or any of its characters

After leaving Fishman Island, travel had been nothing but clear skies and calm waters with a light breeze for the Strawhats. So Nami decided to use this time of peace to take a relaxing nap, and she realized why Zoro did it so often. She hadn't even realized how much she'd needed this. But her nap was very rudely interrupted by the sudden lurching of the boat. Squealing, she fell off her lawn chair. Nami was about to yell at someone for this when she saw Sanji run up to her.

"Are you okay Nami-swan?" Sanji helped her to her feet.

"Yeah," she frowned, looking up at the dark clouds blanketing the sky. Large waves, ten times the size of their ship, rocked the Thousand Sunny and menacing thunder rumbled above as large gusts of wind nearly knocked the Strawhat Pirates over. How could she not have noticed this storm? She should have been more alert, especially considering how fickle the Grand Line could be with weather.

"This storm just came out of nowhere," Sanji stated, helping her gain her balance on the rocking ship.

"Okay. Everyone, start securing everything to the boat and hoist the sails! Franky, turn the boat away from the waves," she called over the wind.

"Aye!" the crew scrambled around the deck following her instructions. In seconds, the storm had gotten even worse as things tended to in the New World. After following Nami's orders, they all retreated to the galley to wait out the storm. All except for two people who were finishing up securing some things.

"What the hell marimo, did losing an eye make you completely blind?" Sanji growled after the swordsman had bumped into him.

"You're the one who got in my way shit cook!" Zoro glared at his rival, dropping the crate he was supposed to be securing to the deck.

"I wasn't even near you, I was just trying to do as Nami-san asked!" Sanji huffed, sucking in a breath from his cigarette and blowing the smoke into Zoro's face.

"What the hell do you think I was doing!?" Zoro growled, coughing a little from the smoke.

"Shitty marimo!"

"Idiot pervert!" Their swapping of insults soon escalated into a brawl as usual.

"Guys get in here!" Ussop called, poking his head out the galley.

"Stay out of this!" Zoro snapped, sending Ussop squeaking back into the galley. Zoro and Sanji continued their argument each trying to land a hit only to be blocked until a large waved splashed over the deck, sending them both sprawling to the ground. Before they could recover, another wave slammed into the ship washing them over the railing into the torrential sea.

They were both swearing under their breaths as they tried to stay above the water, but the storm was too strong and kept dragging them back under. Every time they tried to come up a wave knocked them back down, sending them deeper and deeper. Their lungs burned at the effort of holding their breath as they slowly began to lose consciousness.

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"Hey, where are Zoro and Sanji?" Luffy asked, frowning and tilting his head to the side. The whole crew was silent until Ussop spoke up hesitantly.

"I think they're still on the deck," Ussop said, nervously glancing at the door, wondering what was taking them so long.

"What if they fell overboard!?" Chopper gasped.

"They would drown to death and be at the bottom of the ocean, or maybe eaten by a seaking," Robin said morbidly.

"I'm sure they're fine, they'll come in any moment now," Nami waved off Chopper's worries, shooting Robin a glare. A few minutes passed and the apprehension in the room grew.

"M-maybe they went below deck?" Ussop suggested. Luffy walked across the room to the door with a serious look on his face and opened it, poking his head outside. The rest of the crew followed and looked out the door. Nothing.

"What if they really did fall overboard..." Brook muttered.

"They're fine," Nami assured them. There was no way, they weren't that stupid.

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The first thing Sanji noticed when he woke up was rocks digging into his back from where he lay. He could also feel the harsh sun burning against his face. He sat up then slowly opened his eyes but had to wait a few moments for his vision to come into focus. He felt his heart stop.

"No..." he murmured, his eyes widening. He jumped to his feet, but suddenly felt lightheaded and stumbled back a few steps before regaining his balance.

"No way, dammit!" he swore grinding his teeth. "This can't be happening, not again," he whispered. A feeling of nausea swept over him, forcing him to take a sharp breath. This couldn't be happening to him.

"Hey, cook. What's your problem?" Zoro asked. Sanji froze, quickly controlling his expression. 'Zoro is here too?' he turned to the side to look at the swordsman who was sitting up a few feet away.

"It's nothing..." he clenched his fists, trying to force himself to calm down. No matter how much he wanted to deny it, he was back. Back on that damned rock that he'd nearly starved to death on as a kid. He didn't know how it happened, how one moment they could be in the New World and then back in East Blue on this rock, but it happened. There was no mistaking this place. Waters nearly as calm as the Calm Belt. No fish, or birds, or any other animal in sight. Completely desolate.

"Where are we?" Zoro grumbled, standing up and looking around the empty rocky island.

And not only was he back on this island, but now Zoro had to be here too. The marimo may be irritating, but that didn't mean Sanji wanted him to starve. He wouldn't wish that fate on even his worst enemies, and certainly not on one of his nakama.

"Oi, cook," Zoro growled.

"What?" Sanji snapped, broken from his thoughts. Zoro was looking at him with an almost scrutinizing gaze but then it changed into a glare.

"This is your fault."

"Excuse me?" Sanji hissed, eyes narrowing.

"You're the one who wouldn't tie stuff down so we could get in the galley," Zoro crossed his arms over his chest.

"I was trying to! You got in my way shitty swordsman."

"You get in fights over nothing ero-cook."

"Hypocrite," Sanji scoffed, turning away again. He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a cigarette, placing it between his lips. He took out his lighter and lit up, inhaling a breath of smoke. There was too much on his mind to argue with the marimo. Sanji began walking toward the center of the island.

"Hey, where are you going?" Zoro called. Sanji ignored him and continued walking, he needed to check. He heard the swordsman following behind him but continued anyway. If they were going to be stuck here for a while Zoro would need to know where this was. Upon reaching the center of the island he sighed quietly in relief. The pond was still there. This pond would be the only thing keeping them alive while they were here since they didn't have any food.

"A pond?" Zoro muttered.

"We may be stuck here a few days, since we don't have any food we'll need plenty of water," Sanji explained. He looked down at the decent sized body of clear water, the one haven on this island. He began walking back to where they'd woken up. All they could do now was wait for Luffy and the others to come.

"How did you know where that was?" Zoro asked, falling into step next to him. He gave the cook a curious, almost suspicious look.

"...Lucky guess." Sanji didn't want Zoro knowing that he'd been here before, it wasn't necessary. Besides, he didn't really want his rival knowing his biggest weakness.

Once they got back to the edge of the island Sanji sat down, leaning against one of the many boulders scattered about the area. Zoro took a seat a few feet away.

Sanji was tempted to tell him to go wait on the other side of the island so they wouldn't miss the Thousand Sunny, as Zeff had told him many years back, but decided against it. When Luffy and the rest of the crew showed up, they would know it no matter where they were on the island. If they got there before he and Zoro starved to death... Sanji nearly cringed at the thought but managed to keep his expression neutral.

'No,' he thought, lightly shaking his head, 'Luffy will find us, we just need to survive until he can get here.'

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"They're not anywhere below deck," Ussop said, him and Chopper coming back up onto the main deck. The crew looked around above deck once again with quickly increasing worry. They couldn't find their swordsman or cook anywhere on the ship. They were beginning to suspect that maybe their earlier fears where true, and the two really had fallen overboard during the storm.

"You're not going to find them," a smooth voice chuckled from near the front of the ship. Everyone's heads whipped in that direction. There was a man, a little taller than Ussop, standing there. He had messy black hair with gray streaks and bright amber eyes. The man was dressed in a bright yellow shirt and long green pants that were imbedded with emeralds. There was a black cape tied around his neck and he had a white topped hat on his head.

"Wh-who are you?" Ussop asked.

"And what do you mean 'we won't find them'?" Nami snapped, glaring at the stranger.

"I am Soutsu, and I meant exactly what I said, you won't find them anywhere on this ship," he smiled.

"Why not?" Luffy asked, tilting his head to the side. Soutsu began to laugh, soon kneeling over and holding his stomach in laughter.

"Oh, well they aren't even in this ocean anymore," he calmed down a bit, wiping a tear from his eye.

"What!?" the strawhats yelled.

"Tell us where they are," Franky growled.

"You all need to calm down," Soutsu sighed with an exasperated look. "They're somewhere in East Blue where I sent them."

"Where you sent them...?" Ussop muttered, furrowing his eyebrows.

"Are all pirates this dense?" he shook his head. "I ate the wave wave devil fruit and therefore I am a wave man, I can control the waves of the ocean and where they take people, so yes ignorant little pirate, where I sent them" he explained.

"Wow, cool!" Luffy gaped. Nami bonked him over the head angrily.

"Not cool Luffy! He sent Zoro and Sanji back to East Blue," she glared at the man.

"Hmmm? Well can't he bring them back too?" Luffy asked, not quite understanding Nami's anger.

"Well I could, but I don't really feel like it," Soutsu yawned, before breaking into laughter once again.

"H-hey, bring them back right now! O-or c-c-captain Ussop will h-have all 5,000 of his men attack you!" Ussop grinned.

"Wow, you're so cool Captain Ussop!" Chopper, Brook, and Luffy cheered.

"You're lying. Now if you'll excuse me, I must be going," he turned and started walking away towards the edge of the ship. Before he could get very far though, several hands sprouted from the deck and grabbed his legs.

"Oh! I've been caught!" he gasped, wide eyed.

"We'll need you to help us get our nakama back before we can let you go," Robin smiled.

"Fine, fine, I suppose I could help you... or not," his legs tuned into water and he easily escaped Robin's hold.

"He's a logia!" Ussop shouted.

"Bye bye," Soutsu grinned, running for the side of the ship. Luffy's hand stretched out and grabbed him by his cape, yanking him back to the deck.

"You can't leave yet, you still haven't helped us find Zoro and Sanji," Luffy frowned. Franky walked up to Soutsu and put him in seastone handcuffs that he'd stolen from the last navy ship they'd encountered. He then moved on to tying the man to the mast.

"Very well, but it will take a while to get to them. You'll have to go back through the Grand Line to get there, unless you release me from these seastone cuffs and let me use my waves to get through the Clam Belt," he grinned slyly.

"No, you'll just escape," Nami glared at the man. Luffy released Soutsu's cape after Franky finished tying him to the mast.

"What do you say captain?" Brook asked. They all looked to Luffy who seemed deep in thought.

"Let's go back through the Grand Line, it'll be fun! Zoro and Sanji will be fine until we get there" he grinned.

I hope you liked it, please leave me a review, I would really appreciate it! :)